My last weekend in Catalunya was spent up in a region of the Pyrenees called La Cerdanywa with my Dad's cousin (another Montse!) & her family. On Friday, Montse's brother Toni drove me up there with his girlfriend Mari-Carme - the trip was a good 1.5-2 hours and the scenery on the way was beautiful - particularly the pre-pyrenees area with tall mountains and cliffs sloping down into a major river/dam. They live in a delightful tiny village called 'Pi', wh...

My stay in Paris was for a little over 4 days, but I'm not convinced this was infact the correct length of my trip. On the one hand, it feels like the first couple of days were *weeks* ago and that the trip was more like 2 weeks long. On the other hand, I feel like it was over so quickly that it couldn't possibly have been anywhere near 4 days! There were so many things to see and do in Paris and I had so little time! My first few days were mainly for sight...

I'm sending this message from the top of the Eiffel Tower! Woohoo! Photos & blog are coming. But first, I have a wedding to go to!

My first weekend getaway whilst here in Europe was to the Netherlands - though as it turned out, I managed to visit a very small portion of both Germany and Belgium as well (more on that later). This blog covers the photos from three albums: "24/07/2009 Amsterdam", "25/07/2009 Maastricht" and "26/07/2009 Drielandenpunt". Upon arrival at Schipol airport I managed to make my way down to the platforms without seeing one si...

My first weekend in Barcelona was spent visiting family in an area of country Catalonia called l'Empordà (photo albums: "18/07/2009 L'Escala & Torroella" & "19/07/2009 Torroella & L'Estartit") My Saturday started with an early train ride out of Passeig de Gràcia to Girona. My distant cousin Xevi was already waiting for me at the train station. Luckily, the train was on time - as we had 6 mins to catch the bus. In that time we ma...